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Posts published by “Michaela Williams”

Needless barriers to housing

Policy changes are necessary to address the situation of those homeless January 28 was this year’s annual Point in Time homeless census to track the number of people living unsheltered at the end of the coldest month of the year. This year’s data have not yet been released, but numbers…

Court fees pose undue burden on poor

Reform needed for our state’s system of Legal Financial Obligations Debtors’ prisons were abolished in 1842, yet people in Washington and around the country continue to be jailed for failing to keep up on payments for court-imposed fees. Others remain trapped for life in spiraling debt. Washington’s system of Legal…